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The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.

The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Over the last century, this elegant columned facade has been home to the headquarters of a bank, several nightclubs, and a restaurant.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.